Pepsi Next - Party

February 03, 2013 |
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PepsiCo used one of its Super Bowl XLVII spots to build up to its renewed sponsorship of the halftime show ("Anticipation") and the other to promote Pepsi Next, the mid-calorie cola introduced the previous year. The ad, created by TBWA/Chiat/Day L.A., shows parents coming home to their son’s wild house party (where everybody drinks only soda). A promotion tie-in promised free soda to the first million people that signed up online. The brand, however, was short-lived in the United States, replaced by Pepsi True, a version containing stevia instead of artificial sweeteners.

The marketer built attention for its Super Bowl buy with a teaser released online Jan. 28 and a longer cut of the ad itself on Jan. 29.